OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canada's emergency preparedness minister warned Wednesday the country's wildfire season could be more explosive than last year when it led to unprecedented smoke conditions across much of the country and into the United States. Persistent drought and months of above-average temperatures have raised the risk of a repeat of last year’s record-breaking wildfires, prompting ...
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A third channel will open this month at Baltimore's port after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse two weeks ago, and Maryland's congressional delegation will sponsor legislation seeking federal aid to pay 100% of the cost of a new bridge, Sen. Ben Cardin said Tuesday. Cardin gave the update after meeting with the state congressional delegation and Maryland Gov. Wes ...
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A renewable energy operator will soon begin development and construction on a nearly $140 million facility near Elk Grove that is expected to be complete in 2026. Ameresco, Inc., which describes itself as a cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, announced this week in a news release that it would contract with the Sacramento Area Sewer District to build a ...
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When William Neeley saw the photos and video of a heavy crane plummeting hundreds of feet onto cars below, his gut told him a catastrophic failure occurred, he said to the Miami Herald. It wasn’t just his 41 years of construction crane operation and training expertise that informed his opinion. He knew that specific crane and the crew that was tasked to help put it together atop a Fort ...
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The Ohio University Board of Trustees approved various items so the university can start construction of a new 591-bed residence hall on South Green during meetings on Thursday and Friday on the Athens Campus. The residence hall, which will be the largest on campus, is Phase II of the University's Housing Master Plan. During the meeting, the board approved an increase in the overall budget for ...
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Amtrak recently selected locally-based Wohlsen Construction Company as the awardee for the Unified Operations Center (UOC) Facility Project in Wilmington, Del. The award follows a competitive procurement that began in August 2023. "One of our primary goals for the Renaissance Centre building is to create a new Amtrak Unified Operations Center to serve our nationwide rail network, which will ...
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Over the next several months, the towering multi-story building near a Florida shopping mall should begin to look less like a construction site and more like an aquarium. This time next year, the $130 million Mote Science Education Aquarium should be open to visitors if everything goes according to plan. The aquarium is being build near Interstate 95 in Sarasota County. Ahead of a scheduled ...
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Apr. 8—An energy company filed a request with a federal regulator, claiming another company's pipeline carrying natural gas to the Gulf Coast has been intentionally misclassified by its owner. Energy Transfer (ET), the Dallas-based energy infrastructure company, filed a petition with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Monday requesting oversight of the Louisiana Energy Gateway ...
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Just nine construction cranes were at work on Portland buildings last winter, the fewest in at least nine years. That’s according to the latest RLB Crane Index, a semiannual tally that gauges major construction activity in cities across North America. RLB, a consulting firm, has been counting cranes in Portland since 2015. Portland had upward of 30 cranes on the skyline in the boom years from ...
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The Arizona Coyotes will attempt to purchase land in Phoenix to build a privately funded arena and entertainment district, the team announced Thursday night. The plan hinges on the club winning a land auction for the 110-acre site that will be auctioned off by the Arizona State Land Department on June 27. The appraised price of the site is $68.5 million. According to multiple media reports, ...
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